Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carrowreagh Or Craignacally, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh Or Craignacally
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.29660, -7.34506
- SMR number
- DG003-015001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Identified by Van Hoek in 1987 and described as 'Some 122m SW of the Mass Rock (DG003-005----) which is visible from the site, and just S of a fence is a small outcrop in grass, sloping 8 degrees SE from near the top of a very low knoll. On its smooth surface is (though much weathered) a cupmark with three complete rings (DG003-015-). Some 14m to the S is a low standing stone, possibly prehistoric.'(Van Hoek 1987, 28).
This low upright stone does not display the characteristic features of a standing stone and there may be doubt about its antiquity. However its close proximity to a panel of rock art that is only 14m to the N which may suggest that it is an authentic standing stone(H 0.85m ; base Wth 0.9m; top with 0.65m; T 0.23m) with its long axis orientated on an E-W axis. A second possible standing stone (DG003-019-) recorded by Van Hoek is located 43m to the SE.
Van Hoek, M.A. M. (1987) 'The prehistoric rock art of County Donegal (part 1)' UJA vol. 50, 23-46.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.